Right you are!
Thanks for correcting.
When I was writing that response, my own lenses (aka eyes) were wide open
and unfocused (dialted). I thought something was off, but didn't take a
careful look at Boz's page on which I was checking the manufacturing
dates.
It's the 77mm that is f/1.8.
Larry, - when I was saying I wasn't sure if Samyang lens is FF, I meant
specifically the 85-mm one.
And I do agree, that if Pentax is unable or unwilling to invest in
resurrection of older lenses or creating new ones, they could cooperate
with Samyang. There is a caveat there: some lenses designed for MF might
be hard (or even impossible) to adapt to AF without such serious
modifications that would defeat the purpose.
Cheers,
Igor
P.J. Alling Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:29:02 -0700 wrote:
Actually that would have been a FA 85mm f1.4. The 1.8 was a pre A lens.
The Samyang 85mm f1.4 gets very good reviews and is very inexpensive
compared to a modern autofocus f1.4 portrait lens.
On 7/27/2016 12:19 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
The last 85/1.8 was produced by Pentax in 2004. That's 12 years ago!
And it's 20% shorter and half a stop slower.
Samyang lenses are reportedly good, but they are not AF. (And I don't
remember if they are FF. Not that it matters for at this time, ... until I
got K-1).
Igor
... and the last 135 mm was produced by Pentax in 2000!
Igor
J.C. O'Connell Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:04:45 -0700 wrote:
85mm f1.8 close enuff
On 7/27/2016 10:45 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I just received a notification from B&H...
Something like that from Pentax would be great!
Igor
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